Minnesota Wild defeat Montreal Canadiens, 4-2

That brings us to the end of a first period — Minnesota Wild 2, Montreal Canadiens 1. Montreal Canadiens edged the shot clock 8-5, while Minnesota Wild still controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Joel Eriksson Ek opened the scoring for Minnesota Wild at 12:21, Nick Schmaltz extended the lead for Minnesota Wild at 15:11, and Will Borgen cut the deficit for Montreal Canadiens at 18:16.

Yaroslav Askarov was under siege with 7 highlighted stops.

Montreal Canadiens owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a second period — Minnesota Wild 1, Montreal Canadiens 0. Montreal Canadiens edged the shot clock 11-8, with territorial pressure staying roughly even.

Joel Eriksson Ek extended the lead for Minnesota Wild at 0:13.

Yaroslav Askarov was under siege with 11 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Minnesota Wild went 0-for-1.

Minnesota Wild owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a third period — Minnesota Wild 1, Montreal Canadiens 1. Montreal Canadiens edged the shot clock 11-8, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Quinn Hughes extended the lead for Minnesota Wild at 7:56, then Alexandre Carrier cut the deficit for Montreal Canadiens at 14:17.

Yaroslav Askarov was under siege with 10 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Minnesota Wild went 0-for-1.